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When The Byrds play at The Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, their performance is disrupted by female fans storming the stage. Twenty girls actually get onto the stage, and thirty police officers are called in to quell the resultant chaos. One girl is injured when she falls into the orchestra pit, and two other youths are arrested.
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The Byrds, a Los Angeles rock'n'roll aggregation that enjoys a considerable degree of popularity among the teenage set, fluttered into the Civic Opera House with a resultant furor that nearly brought the house down.
More than 4,000 teenagers, most of them girls, caused such an uproar over the four-man group with long tresses, that the police had to take stern measures.
The performance was ended by police before it could develop into a mass stampede, but one girl was injured when she was pushed into the orchestra pit. Two other youths were arrested.
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More than 4,000 teenagers, most of them girls, caused such an uproar over the four-man group with long tresses, that the police had to take stern measures.
The performance was ended by police before it could develop into a mass stampede, but one girl was injured when she was pushed into the orchestra pit. Two other youths were arrested.